Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I do not want to delay the House unnecessarily and I do not want to delay you unnecessarily in sending messages to the Senate, but quite clearly the Manager of Opposition Business is trying on a juvenile pathetic debating point. The custom has become in this place over time that tellers need to be satisfied that someone has reported to them. Over the last few years—

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